Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-05
TNet,ty-Tise Years Gone.
PARENTS HAPPY OVER TEE HOMECOMING OF A son
THOUGHT DEAD.

PARENTS HAPPY OVER TIE HOMECOMING OF A son
THOUGHT DEAD.
From the PhiladelI ha Press Aug. %.
Old .tJn Morrison, OF 9TH street, below Federal.
held levee last night III honor of the return OF
his long-lost son. christopher. Yesterday morning
Mr.. Morrison was seated in his cigar store making
drafts upon his endless store OF "reminiscences,
which cover space of seventy years, when a tall
stranger entered. The Old gentleman rose to wait
on hi, supposed customer, who at once sat down
by the side or tle venerable Morrison and without
prelude said: I'm looking for Old Jim Morrison.
haven't seen him Tor many year, but "a"
Here "J1mf interrupted him. There was a twinkle
under his gray brows. What old Jin?' Well, 1
ought TO know him, he's lived down in these
ulsgins all his lie, and" Suddenly light broke
upon him, and leaving his facetiOuS sentence I'M
finished, his chin quivere1 and he calculated: "My
COO. Is this CnrIS?
II was Chris" his lOng-lOst son. and the Old
gentleman tainted Tor the first time In his life as
MS sons muscular arms closed around him. The
mother, nearing ColnInOtlon, came into lie store
ana teli weeping Tor joy INTO the of her boy.
Inc latter, a TAIL, bronZed, Wellproportioned man
with long, blonde mustache, SCun proved his
identity. For over Il years he has been missing;
h0Wofd concerning MIN has ever reached the ears
OF his Old father and mother. who often wondered
"hcrc he was buried, Tor he was given up Tor dead
long ago ana counted as one more link missing OF
the original circle OF L. children who called the
EfizZlcd Old man father.
At the breaking out OF the war James Morrison.
with his three sons, Harry, Robert and Christie
pher, enlisted in different regiments. "Chris,
ana his father knew nothing OF each other during
t!4t war, ana tAc FORMER Was late Ia being mus
tered out. one night he dropped In on the family
Just a. tA"y were seated ut supper. AS his father
SAID: . lie was young, and array life made him
KIND o. wild, and So one day soon after W.. missed
him. we heard nothing OF him Till now, and
thought him dead"
Chris" last night explained that he Thought
he'd try the west. lis life has been spenJ In
catte-ra!o!n5 and farming III almost avery part OF
TIE Cattft-faioing territories He married ana had
a family OF four children, and buried them all.
feeitIS lonely he concluded To drop farming and
Visit Ills Oh latheI IL he was alive.
On his way East he was in the train which was
wrecked on the OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
ROAD i'll Washington, being the only one in the
Slnohin5 car not Injured. The Ice cooler hit him
Ill the breast, and he was knocked scnse,ess and
taken from the train, but, other than the shock
Ne suffered no Injuries. He staid in Washington
two days and lett Tor Philadelphia but Just outside
Oh Baltimore a train ran into ana Smashed the
car IN front OF him This scared him, and he lett
the train and took the boat for this city, arriving
safely.
'oid jim" for fifteen years was In the post-office,
but Was one or tie 1irSt DISCHARGED when POST
master Uarrty took tic rein,